Impacts Associated with Special Care Units in Long-Term Care Facilities
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This study is a comprehensive, longitudinal assessment of the characteristics of special care patients. Demented patients in special care units (SCUs) within four nursing homes were compared with their demented counterparts in the same facilities who were not placed in SCUs. Results of this preliminary study suggest that the two groups differ in level of cognitive impairment, in behavior, and in functional and physical status. No deleterious or beneficial effects were associated with SCU residence during a 6-month period.
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Dementia patients with more privacy express less anxiety and aggression.
“For example, it has been demonstrated that dementia patients with more privacy express less anxiety and aggression [19].”
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The general purpose of SCUs is a non-drug treatment of dementia symptoms, that is to reduce the behavioral and psychological problems associated with dementia.
“The general purpose of SCUs is a non-drug treatment of dementia symptoms [16,17], that is to reduce the behavioral and psychological problems associated with dementia [18,19,20,21,22].”
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- Authors
- Holmes, D., Teresi, J., Weiner, A., Monaco, C., Ronch, J., & Vickers, R.
- Affiliations
- Hebrew Home (US)
- ORCID
- Monaco, C.
- Venue
- The Gerontologist
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1990-04-01
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 178-183
- ISSN
- 0016-9013 (ISSN-L)
- 1758-5341
- OpenAlex
- W2087181643
- Cited by
- 83
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2022: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 13.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Gerontologist (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Keywords
- special care units, nursing homes, dementia, long-term care, cognitive impairment, behavioral problems, functional status, physical condition, older adults
- MeSH terms
- Cognition Disorders, Dementia, Follow-Up Studies, Health Facility Environment, Health Status, Humans, Nursing Homes, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Multicenter Studies as Topic
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